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My thanks to Manuel López, Einar S. Einarsson, Tarjei J. Svensen, Yannick Pelletier, Vladimir Dvorkovich, Nigel Freeman, Stewart Reuben, Benny Asman, Geurt Gijssen, Eugeny Atarov, Laszlo Nagy, Ian Rogers, Pedro Federico Hegoburu, Torstein Bae, Marek Kolk, H.Asadzadeh, Andy McFarland, Kristianus Liem, Thomas Henrich, Michiel Abeln and everyone else who helped with the issue.
This issue of TWIC is out early as I travel tomorrow to the Wijk aan Zee tournament for a few days. The organisers have again produced a fascinating field and the early results suggest that the favourites are not going to get things all their own way. I'm really looking forward to my first visit. TWIC has daily coverage of the event.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Corus Chess Tournament takes place 14th-30th January 2005. Vesselin Topalov got off to a perfect 2/2 start to the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee. He beat Vladimir Kramnik in only 20 moves in round 2. Pre-event favourite Viswanathan Anand was also defeated in round 2 by Peter Leko. Daily reports on the TWIC main pages from on the spot reporter Michiel Abeln.
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com/
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-30 i 2005 cat. XIX (2721) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 * . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . 2.0 2. Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 . * . = . . . . . . . 1 . . 1.5 2900 3. Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 . . * . = . . . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2928 4. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2674 . = . * . . = . . . . . . . 1.0 2725 5. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2685 . . = . * . . . . . . . . = 1.0 2742 6. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2700 0 . . . . * . . . 1 . . . . 1.0 2742 7. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 . . . = . . * . . . = . . . 1.0 2730 8. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2652 . . . . . . . * = . . . = . 1.0 2716 9. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 . . . . . . . = * . . = . . 1.0 2696 10. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2728 . . . . . 0 . . . * . . . 1 1.0 2717 11. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 . . 0 . . . = . . . * . . . 0.5 2536 12. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 . 0 . . . . . . = . . * . . 0.5 2517 13. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 0 . . . . . . = . . . . * . 0.5 2511 14. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 . . . . = . . . . 0 . . . * 0.5 2513 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Round 1 (January 15, 2005) Topalov, Veselin - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 64 B48 Sicilian Paulsen Short, Nigel D - Adams, Michael 1/2 23 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin Sokolov, Ivan - Leko, Peter 1/2 51 D47 Queens Gambit Meran Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 22 C80 Ruy Lopez Open Bruzon, Lazaro - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 26 E14 Queens Indian Polgar, Judit - Svidler, Peter 1-0 30 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall Morozevich, Alexander - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 50 A17 English Opening Round 2 (January 16, 2005) Adams, Michael - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 49 C42 Petroff's Defence Ponomariov, Ruslan - Polgar, Judit 1-0 56 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Grischuk, Alexander - Short, Nigel D 1/2 34 C91 Ruy Lopez Van Wely, Loek - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 32 D63 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Rc1 Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter 0-1 57 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Kramnik, Vladimir - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 20 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Svidler, Peter - Sokolov, Ivan 1/2 43 C80 Ruy Lopez Open ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-30 i 2005 cat. XIII (2564) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2657 * . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 2.0 2. Stellwagen, Daniel m NED 2524 . * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . 2.0 3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2553 . . * . . . . . 1 = . . . . 1.5 2691 4. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2599 . . . * . = . . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2693 5. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2572 . . . . * . = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2705 6. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2491 . . . = . * . = . . . . . . 1.0 2623 7. Smeets, Jan g NED 2475 . . . . = . * . . . = . . . 1.0 2624 8. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2648 . . . . . = . * . . . = . . 1.0 2571 9. Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2490 . . 0 . . . . . * . . 1 . . 1.0 2602 10. Ramirez, Alejandro g CRC 2507 0 . = . . . . . . * . . . . 0.5 2412 11. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2676 . 0 . . . . = . . . * . . . 0.5 2306 12. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2652 . . . . . . . = 0 . . * . . 0.5 2376 13. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2509 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0 14. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2549 0 . . . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 1 (January 15, 2005) Karjakin, Sergey - Ernst, Sipke 1-0 34 C11 French Defence Smeets, Jan - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 66 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo Nielsen, Peter Heine - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1/2 64 D15 Slav Defence Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 115 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin Ramirez, Alejandro - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 40 E55 Nimzo Indian Nikolic, Predrag - Stellwagen, Daniel 0-1 51 A62 Benoni Nijboer, Friso - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 34 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Round 2 (January 16, 2005) Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Ramirez, Alejandro 1-0 45 B22 Sicilian Alapin Stellwagen, Daniel - Ernst, Sipke 1-0 34 C80 Ruy Lopez Open Carlsen, Magnus - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 31 E01 Catalan Cheparinov, Ivan - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 58 A84 Dutch Stefanova, Antoaneta - Karjakin, Sergey 1/2 26 A32 English Symmetrical Nikolic, Predrag - Smeets, Jan 1/2 38 D71 Gruenfeld 3.g3 Onischuk, Alexander - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 50 D39 QGD Ragozin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-30 i 2005 cat. VII (2422) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2465 * . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . 2.0 2. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2605 . * . . . . . . 1 = . . . . 1.5 2564 3. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2517 . . * . . . . . . 1 = . . . 1.5 2553 4. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2603 . . . * . . . = . . . . . 1 1.5 2525 5. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2531 . . . . * . = . . . . . 1 . 1.5 2567 6. Spoelman, Wouter NED 2381 . . . . . * = . . . . . . 1 1.5 2517 7. Pliester, Leon m NED 2383 . . . . = = * . . . . . . . 1.0 2456 8. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2399 . . . = . . . * . . . = . . 1.0 2476 9. Negi, Parimarjan IND 2316 . 0 . . . . . . * . . . 1 . 1.0 2485 10. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2426 . = 0 . . . . . . * . . . . 0.5 2368 11. Muhren, Bianca wm NED 2295 0 . = . . . . . . . * . . . 0.5 2298 12. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wg AZE 2349 0 . . . . . . = . . . * . . 0.5 2239 13. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wg NED 2366 . . . . 0 . . . 0 . . . * . 0.0 14. Wempe, Joost NED 2265 . . . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 1 (January 15, 2005) Zhukova, Natalia - Muhren, Bianca 1-0 36 E57 Nimzo Indian Alekseev, Evgeny - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 37 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Georgiev, Vladimir - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 36 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto Spoelman, Wouter - Pliester, Leon 1/2 65 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation Jonkman, Harmen - Mamedjarova, Zeinab 1/2 66 B22 Sicilian Alapin Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea - L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 28 D00 Queen's Pawn Game Wempe, Joost - Korotylev, Alexey 0-1 38 B09 Pirc Defence Round 2 (January 16, 2005) Korotylev, Alexey - Jonkman, Harmen 1/2 46 A13 Reti Opening Spoelman, Wouter - Wempe, Joost 1-0 24 C18 French Winawer Pliester, Leon - L'Ami, Erwin 1/2 59 B99 Sicilian Najdorf Negi, Parimarjan - Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea 1-0 28 B06 Modern Defence Bosboom, Manuel - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 47 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Muhren, Bianca - Georgiev, Vladimir 1/2 68 C45 Scotch Game Mamedjarova, Zeinab - Zhukova, Natalia 0-1 42 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
The XXX Seville Open took place 7th-15th January 2005. Ibragim Khamrakulov won the event on tie-break from Oleg Korneev Daniel Campora and Vladimir Epishin all of whom scored 7.5/9. Games from the final round missing.
Official site: http://fsajedrez.com/
Final Round 9 Standings: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ XXX Open Seville ESP (ESP), 7-15 i 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Khamrakulov, Ibragim S m UZB 2500 7.5 57.5 40.0 45.0 2. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2583 7.5 55.5 39.0 43.5 3. Campora, Daniel H g ARG 2549 7.5 55.0 40.5 43.5 4. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2599 7.5 51.0 38.5 39.5 5. Peralta, Fernando m ARG 2531 7 56.5 39.0 44.0 6. Tissir, Mohamed m MAR 2394 7 54.0 37.0 42.0 7. Teran Alvarez, Ismael m ESP 2431 7 51.0 36.0 39.5 8. Matamoros Franco, Carlos S g ECU 2513 7 50.5 36.0 39.0 9. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2559 6.5 54.5 36.5 43.0 10. Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2513 6.5 53.5 36.0 42.5 11. Komljenovic, Davor g CRO 2479 6.5 53.0 36.0 41.0 12. Barrientos, Sergio f COL 2435 6.5 52.5 36.0 41.0 13. Rizouk, Aimen m ALG 2465 6.5 52.5 35.5 40.5 14. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2471 6.5 52.0 36.0 41.0 15. Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique m ESP 2433 6.5 51.5 36.5 40.0 16. Razmyslov, Alexander f UKR 2311 6.5 51.5 36.0 40.5 17. Garcia Luque, Agustin m ESP 2390 6.5 51.0 35.5 40.0 18. Paunovic, Dragan m SCG 2520 6.5 51.0 35.0 40.5 19. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2589 6.5 51.0 34.0 39.5 20. Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2377 6.5 50.5 35.0 40.0 21. Escobar Forero, Alder m COL 2407 6.5 49.5 33.5 38.5 22. Kononenko, Tatiana wg UKR 2305 6.5 49.0 34.5 38.5 23. Barria, Daniel f CHI 2347 6.5 46.5 31.5 35.5 24. Bellia, Fabrizio m ITA 2407 6.5 46.5 31.0 36.0 25. Alonso, Rene m CUB 2395 6.5 45.0 31.5 35.5 26. Mellado Trivino, Juan m ESP 2423 6 54.5 35.5 42.5 27. Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel g ESP 2425 6 53.5 34.5 41.5 28. Garrido Dominguez, Jesus ESP 2303 6 51.0 33.0 40.0 29. Robles Garcia, Claudia ESP 2053 6 50.0 29.5 39.5 30. Szmetan, Ricardo f BAR 2283 6 49.5 33.5 38.5 31. Belezky, Sasha m UKR 2402 6 49.0 35.5 38.0 32. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2439 6 49.0 33.0 38.5 33. Melero Fidalgo, Juan de Dios ESP 2202 6 47.5 31.5 37.5 34. Gutierrez Jimenez, Juan M ESP 2110 6 47.0 30.5 37.0 35. Aranaz Portugues, Jose Carlos ESP 2084 6 47.0 29.0 37.0 36. Valenti, Giuseppe f ITA 2269 6 46.5 32.0 35.5 37. Fenollar Jorda, Manuel ESP 2191 6 46.0 31.5 35.0 38. Ramos Suria, Felix ESP 2109 6 45.5 28.0 33.5 39. Justiniano Marquez, Marco Ant ESP 2162 6 44.0 33.5 34.0 40. Ferrer Garcia, Isaac ESP 2216 6 44.0 31.5 34.5 41. Rodriguez Aguilera, Antonio f ESP 2244 6 44.0 31.5 34.0 42. Romero Garcia, Mariano f ESP 2139 6 43.5 29.5 34.0 43. De Andres Gonalons, Fernando ESP 2100 6 43.0 28.0 32.5 44. Durao, Joaquim m POR 2127 6 42.5 31.0 33.0 45. Diaz Rodriguez, Jose Antonio ESP 2117 6 42.0 31.0 33.0 237 players
The 3rd Platonov Memorial took place in Kiev 6th-12th of January 2005. Vladimir Sergeev won the event with 7.5/9.
Further information: http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/turnir/t038.html
------------------------------------------------------------------ 3rd Platonov Mem Kiev UKR (UKR), 4-12 i 2005 cat. VIII (2449) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Sergeev, Vladimir m UKR 2438 * 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2723 2. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2579 1 * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2600 3. Shishkin, Vadim m UKR 2488 0 = * = 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2524 4. Pavlov, Sergey UKR 2368 = = = * 0 = 1 = 1 1 5.5 2538 5. Kislinsky, Alexey m UKR 2406 0 = 0 1 * 0 1 = 1 1 5.0 2496 6. Itkis, Boris m ROM 2454 0 = = = 1 * = = 0 1 4.5 2448 7. Lutsko, Igor g BLR 2527 0 = = 0 0 = * = 1 1 4.0 2397 8. Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2553 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 1 4.0 2394 9. Moliboga, V RUS 2314 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 * = 2.0 2244 10. Kochetkov, Vitali BLR 2364 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 0.5 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------
The Keres Memorial Rapid tournament took place in Tallinn 7th-9th January 2005. Alexei Shirov won the event with 5/5/7. The field included Anatoly Karpov and Boris Gelfand who finished on 50%. Games not yet available but hopefully they will be.
Further info: http://www.maleliit.ee/ - perhaps Shirov will publish some games on his website: http://www.shirovonline.com/
---------------------------------------------------------------- Keres Memorial Rapid Tallinn EST 7-9 i 2005 cat. XIII (2560) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 # = 1 1 = 1 = 1 5.5 2. Malaniuk, Vladimir P g UKR 2474 = # = = 0 1 = 1 4.0 3. Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2469 0 = # = 1 = = 1 4.0 4. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2674 0 = = # 1 = = = 3.5 5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 = 1 0 0 # = 1 = 3.5 6. Brodsky, Michail g UKR 2515 0 0 = = = # = 1 3.0 7. Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2436 = = = = 0 = # = 3.0 8. Dobrov, Vladimir g RUS 2501 0 0 0 = = 0 = # 1.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------
The 129th New York Masters took place on 11th January 2005. There is a problem with the game Braylovsky - Nakamura where there is a queen en-prise for a move.
The regular rapid event (mostly weekly) organised by IM Greg Shahade and John Fernandez provides regular chances for keen players of 2200 and above to compete against GMs and IMs in New York. See: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
The 11th Verona International Chess Festival took place 2nd-9th January 2005. Miroljub Lazic won the event on tie-break ahead of three others on 6.5/9.
Official site: http://www.arroccoclub.it/
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th Open Verona ITA (ITA), 4-9 i 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Lazic, Miroljub g SCG 2512 +27 + 8 +21 = 3 = 5 = 2 =12 +11 = 6 6.5 2571 2. Horvath, Jozsef1 g HUN 2508 +19 +13 =23 = 4 +15 = 1 = 9 +16 = 3 6.5 2494 3. Godena, Michele g ITA 2550 +38 = 6 +20 = 1 =14 +32 = 5 + 9 = 2 6.5 2567 4. Brunello, Sabino ITA 2258 +40 = 9 +17 = 2 =32 = 7 +21 = 5 +14 6.5 2566 5. Stojanovic, Mihajlo m SCG 2504 +18 +11 =14 + 6 = 1 = 9 = 3 = 4 = 7 6.0 2499 6. Shytaj, Luca f ITA 2356 +41 = 3 +12 - 5 = 7 + 8 =10 +21 = 1 6.0 2518 7. Ortega, Lexy g ITA 2441 -15 +35 =10 +22 = 6 = 4 +25 +12 = 5 6.0 2390 8. Salvador, Roland PHI 2315 +34 - 1 =19 +28 =12 - 6 +29 +10 +16 6.0 2392 9. Martinez, Rolly PHI 2360 +22 = 4 +26 +23 =21 = 5 = 2 - 3 =11 5.5 2447 10. Caruso, Augusto ITA 2216 +17 -14 = 7 +24 =20 +13 = 6 - 8 +19 5.5 2444 11. Buchicchio, Giampaolo ITA 2315 +33 - 5 =22 +26 =23 +17 +15 - 1 = 9 5.5 2405 12. Skembris, Spyridon g GRE 2446 +28 =26 - 6 +33 = 8 +38 = 1 - 7 +15 5.5 2359 13. Cocchi, Andrea f ITA 2284 +44 - 2 =28 -19 +27 -10 +33 +25 +20 5.5 2303 14. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2388 +29 +10 = 5 =15 = 3 =21 -16 +24 - 4 5.0 2366 15. Lettieri, Giuseppe ITA 2202 + 7 +24 =32 =14 - 2 +20 -11 +17 -12 5.0 2462 16. Vocaturo, Daniele ITA 2226 +31 -21 +39 -32 +19 +23 +14 - 2 - 8 5.0 2352 17. Luther, Thomas g GER 2540 -10 +29 - 4 +35 +37 -11 +22 -15 +30 5.0 2250 18. Scharrer, Patrick ITA 2194 - 5 -33 +43 +34 =25 -22 +27 +37 =24 5.0 2243 19. Sbarra, Marco f ITA 2231 - 2 +44 = 8 +13 -16 =24 =20 +23 -10 4.5 2300 20. Guido, Flavio f ITA 2353 =43 +25 - 3 +27 =10 -15 =19 +22 -13 4.5 2222 21. Moser, Eva m AUT 2447 +37 +16 - 1 +38 = 9 =14 - 4 - 6 =26 4.5 2306 22. Capitelli, Paolo ITA 2161 - 9 +40 =11 - 7 +35 +18 -17 -20 +34 4.5 2270 23. Trabert, Bettina wg GER 2331 +36 +39 = 2 - 9 =11 -16 =30 -19 +35 4.5 2251 24. Bruno, Fabio f ITA 2368 +35 -15 =27 -10 +28 =19 +38 -14 =18 4.5 2213 25. Delizia, Costantino ITA 2145 =32 -20 =36 +39 =18 +26 - 7 -13 +33 4.5 2251 26. D'Innocente, Stefano ITA 2236 +42 =12 - 9 -11 +33 -25 +34 =30 =21 4.5 2243 27. Esposito, Luca ITA 2212 - 1 +34 =24 -20 -13 +41 -18 +38 =29 4.0 2212 28. Pechy, Alaster ITA 2154 -12 +42 =13 - 8 -24 =39 =40 =29 +37 4.0 2164 29. Danieli, Enrico ITA 2142 -14 -17 +44 +30 -38 +37 - 8 =28 =27 4.0 2224 30. De Santis, Alessio f ITA 2268 -39 =36 =33 -29 +44 +40 =23 =26 -17 4.0 2144 31. Schiraldi, Mauro ITA 2036 -16 -37 =41 -40 =42 -34 +45 +44 +38 4.0 2066 32. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2420 =25 +43 =15 +16 = 4 - 3 . . . 3.5 2287 33. Miatello, Alberto ITA 2087 -11 +18 =30 -12 -26 +36 -13 +39 -25 3.5 2157 34. Bertani, Gianfranco ITA 2123 - 8 -27 +40 -18 =36 +31 -26 +41 -22 3.5 2075 35. Opacic, Alexandar ITA 2105 -24 - 7 +42 -17 -22 +44 =36 +40 -23 3.5 2151 36. Astengo, Corrado ITA 2134 -23 =30 =25 -37 =34 -33 =35 =42 =41 3.0 2027 37. Facchetti, Gianni ITA 2203 -21 +31 -38 +36 -17 -29 +39 -18 -28 3.0 2094 38. Popa, Florin ITA 2216 - 3 +41 +37 -21 +29 -12 -24 -27 -31 3.0 2154 39. Guglielmi, Dante ITA 2113 +30 -23 -16 -25 =41 =28 -37 -33 +44 3.0 2056 40. Santurbano,Maria Vincenza ---- - 4 -22 -34 +31 +43 -30 =28 -35 =42 3.0 1997 41. Petraki, Maria GRE 2108 - 6 -38 =31 =42 =39 -27 +43 -34 =36 3.0 2007 42. Perryman,Marcus ---- -26 -28 -35 =41 =31 -43 =44 =36 =40 2.5 1931 43. Masullo,Andrea ---- =20 -32 -18 -44 -40 +42 -41 . . 1.5 1938 44. Padovani, Alessio ITA 2107 -13 -19 -29 +43 -30 -35 =42 -31 -39 1.5 1858 45. BYE ---- . . . . . . -31 . . 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1' 3-Lazic Miroljub SCGGM 6.5 46.5 2' 5-Horvath Jozsef HUNGM 6.5 45.0 3' 1-GODENA Michele TV GM 6.5 43.5 4' 22-BRUNELLO Sabino BG -M 6.5 42.0 5' 4-Stojanovic Mihajlo SCGIM 6.0 47.5 6' 15-SHYTAJ Luca BA FM 6.0 46.5 7' 6-ORTEGA Lexy RM GM 6.0 43.5 8' 16-Salvador Roland PHI-M 6.0 41.0 9' 9-Martinez Rolly PHI-M 5.5 44.5 10' 24-CARUSO Augusto VI -M 5.5 42.5 11' 19-BUCHICCHIO Giampaolo SS FM 5.5 41.5 3.5 12' 7-Skembris Spyridon GREGM 5.5 41.5 3.0 13' 18-COCCHI Andrea BO FM 5.5 37.0 14' 11-BORGO Giulio PN IM 5.0 43.5 15' 28-LETTIERI Giuseppe SA -M 5.0 42.5 16' 21-VOCATURO Daniele RM CM 5.0 38.5 3.0 5 20' 17' 2-Luther Thomas GERGM 5.0 38.5 3.0 5 22' 18' 26-SCHARRER Patrick BZ CM 5.0 33.5 19' 8-Moser Eva AUTIM 4.5 42.0 3.0 20' 27-SBARRA Marco SV FM 4.5 42.0 1.5 21' 14-GUIDO Flavio GE FM 4.5 40.0 22' 31-CAPITELLI Paolo BA CM 4.5 38.5 23' 13-Trabert Bettina GERWG 4.5 37.5 24' 12-BRUNO Fabio MC FM 4.5 36.5 3.0 25' 20-D'INNOCENTE Stefano PE -M 4.5 36.5 2.5 26' 32-DELIZIA Costantino NA CM 4.5 35.5 27' 25-ESPOSITO Luca NA -M 4.0 36.5 28' 29-PECHY Alaster VE CM 4.0 34.5 29' 33-DANIELI Enrico VI CM 4.0 34.0 30' 17-DE-SANTIS Alessio RM FM 4.0 30.5 31' 43-SCHIRALDI Mauro VR CM 4.0 26.5 32' 41-MIATELLO Alberto CO CM 3.5 37.5 33' 10-Mrdja Milan CROIM 3.5 34.5 34' 38-BERTANI Gianfranco VR CM 3.5 34.0 35' 34-OPACIC Alexandar VI CM 3.5 33.0 36' 23-POPA Florin VR -M 3.0 36.0 37' 30-FACCHETTI Gianni MI -M 3.0 32.5 3.0 38' 44-SANTURBANO Maria VincenzaCH CM 3.0 32.5 1.5 39' 39-GUGLIELMI Dante MC CM 3.0 31.5 40' 35-ASTENGO Corrado MI -M 3.0 29.5 41' 37-Petraki Maria GRE-M 3.0 29.0 42' 42-PERRYMAN Marcus VR CM 2.5 26.5 43' 40-PADOVANI Alessio AN CM 1.5 31.0 44' 36-MASULLO Andrea SI CM 1.5 28.5
The Augsburg GM tournament took place 27th December 2004 - 6th January 2005. Eduardas Rozentalis won the event with 7.5/11.
------------------------------------------------------------------------- GM Augsburg GER (GER), 27 xii 2004 - 6 i 2005 cat. VIII (2437) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2595 * = = = = = 1 1 0 1 1 1 7.5 2556 2. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2593 = * = 1 1 = 0 = = 1 1 = 7.0 2525 3. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2541 = = * = 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 7.0 2529 4. Renner, Christoph m GER 2398 = 0 = * = 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2505 5. Heinzel, Olaf f GER 2402 = 0 1 = * 1 0 1 = 0 1 = 6.0 2476 6. Van der Weide, Karel m NED 2457 = = = 1 0 * 1 0 1 = 0 1 6.0 2471 7. Langheinrich, Ferenc GER 2395 0 1 0 0 1 0 * 0 = 1 1 1 5.5 2441 8. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2440 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 * = = 1 1 5.5 2437 9. Pitl, Gregory f GER 2305 1 = 0 1 = 0 = = * = 0 = 5.0 2413 10. Arnold, Lothar m GER 2340 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 = = * = 1 4.5 2381 11. Wolfsteiner, Helmut f GER 2352 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 1 = * = 3.5 2312 12. Reiss, Tibor m HUN 2430 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = * 2.0 2176 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
There is a match between Indonesia's best players and 4 strong chess programs took place January 10th-11th 2005. The humans took a 14.5-1.5 hammering.
Official site: http://www.indochess.com/
--------------------------------------------------------- Indochess Man Machine Jakarta IND (IND), 10-11 i 2005 --------------------------------------------------------- 1 2 3 4 --------------------------------------------------------- Computer 14.5 1. FRITZ 8 ---- +7 +6 +8 +5 4.0 2. SHREDDER 8 ---- +5 +8 =6 +7 3.5 3. CHESSMASTER 9000 ---- +8 =5 +7 +6 3.5 4. JUNIOR 8 ---- +6 +7 =5 +8 3.5 Indonesian Team 1.5 5. Halay, Taufik f INA 2264 -2 =3 =4 -1 1.0 6. Megaranto, Susanto m INA 2439 -4 -1 =2 -3 0.5 7. Adianto, Utut g INA 2588 -1 -4 -3 -2 0.0 8. Purnama, Tirta Chandra INA 2286 -3 -2 -1 -4 0.0 ---------------------------------------------------------
The Stepichev Memorial took place in Kiev 21st-29th of December 2004. Vadim Shishkin won the event with 7.5/9. The ratings of some of the players may be wrong, the official site was clearly not using the FIDE list and this made finding out who was rated and who was not difficult. My thanks to Thomas Henrich for his help.
Official site: http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/turnir/t037.html
---------------------------------------------------- Stepchev Memorial Kiev UKR (UKR), 21-29 xii 2004 ---------------------------------------------------- 1. Shishkin, Vadim m UKR 2480 7.5 2529 2. Pavlov, Sergey UKR 2368 7.0 2316 3. Kernazhitsky, Leonid m UKR 2377 7.0 2364 4. Borsuk, Konstantin UKR 2152 7.0 2369 5. Moiseev, Igor UKR 2349 7.0 2345 6. Vovk, Orest UKR 2296 6.5 2334 7. Ianovsky, Alexander UKR 2328 6.5 2301 8. Perun, Sergey m UKR 2350 6.5 2362 9. Kliun, Bogdan UKR ---- 6.5 2292 10. Nogin, Nikolai UKR 2364 6.5 2242 11. Semenov, Dmitri UKR 2342 6.0 2337 12. Kislinsky, Alexey m UKR 2408 6.0 2326 13. Golichenko, Ilija UKR 2240 6.0 2283 14. Galinsky, Timofey m UKR 2416 6.0 2232 15. Dolzhikova, Kateryna UKR 2244 6.0 2275 16. Evchin, Maxim UKR 2248 6.0 2141 17. Kruglyakov, Pavel UKR ---- 6.0 2205 18. Omelia,Artiom UKR ---- 6.0 2219 19. Bidkov,Anton UKR ---- 6.0 2186 20. Diak,Grigoriy UKR ---- 6.0 2151 21. Motrenko,Nikolay UKR ---- 6.0 2161 115 players
The Montreal World Chess Tournament takes place January 15th-22nd 2005 in Saint-Laurent. I will hopefully be able to round up all the games at the end of the event.
Official site: http://www.monroi.com/worldchesstournament/
1-3 GM Rogelio Antonio PHI 2539 1.5 GM Dmitry Jakovenko RUS 2596 1.5 GM Victor Mikhalevski ISR 2553 1.5 4-8 GM John Fedorowicz USA 2507 1.0 GM Arnaud Hauchard FRA 2487 1.0 GM Igor-Alexandre Nataf FRA 2557 1.0 IM Eugene Perelshteyn USA 2505 1.0 IM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon CAN 2425 1.0 9 IM Jean Hebert CAN 2410 0.5 10 IM Eric Lawson CAN 2373 0.0
The 4th Praha Open takes place 14th-21st January 2005.
Official site: http:/www.czechtour.net
Leading Round 3 Standings: 1 Simacek Pavel m 2432 CZE 3.0 6.0 5.0 2 Sergeeva Maria wg 2312 KAZ 3.0 6.0 4.0 3 Skjoldborg Jesper 2274 DEN 3.0 6.0 4.0 4 Orlov Andrey m 2403 RUS 3.0 6.0 3.0 5 Hasangatin Ramil g 2353 RUS 2.5 5.5 6.0 6 Cernousek Lukas 2321 CZE 2.5 5.5 6.0 7 Van Der Weide Karel m 2490 NED 2.5 5.5 5.5 8 Virostko Petr 2319 CZE 2.5 5.5 5.5 9 Meduna Eduard g 2435 CZE 2.5 5.5 5.5 10 Stross Frantisek 2255 CZE 2.5 5.5 5.5 11 Trickov Vasil m 2340 CZE 2.5 5.5 5.0 12 Adler Viktor m 2399 USA 2.5 5.5 5.0 13 Voloshin Leonid g 2464 CZE 2.5 5.0 5.0 14 Priborsky Jan 2305 CZE 2.5 5.0 4.5 15 Popchev Milko g 2442 BUL 2.5 4.5 4.5 16 Hardarson Robert f 2325 ISL 2.5 4.5 3.5 17 Zakhartsov Viacheslav V m 2529 RUS 2.5 4.5 3.0 104 players
The 9th Bad Zwestener Schachtage took place 2nd-8th January 2005. Vadim Malakhatko won on tie-break as 7 players finished on 7/9. No games currently available even though there was some live coverage.
Official site: http://www.schach-in-nordhessen.de/main.html
9th Bad Zwestener Schachtage 2nd-8th January 2005 1. Malakhatko,Vadim 2569 7.0 38.0 55.0 2. Savchenko,Stanisl 2505 7.0 38.0 52.5 3. Bischoff,Klaus 2555 7.0 37.0 53.0 4. Ivanov,Victor L 2463 7.0 36.5 52.5 5. Miroshnichenko,Ev 2620 7.0 36.0 52.5 6. Donchenko,Anatoli 2441 7.0 34.5 50.0 7. Genov,Petar 2470 7.0 33.5 49.5 8. Kasparov,Sergey 2464 6.5 37.5 52.5 9. Baramidze,David 2550 6.5 36.5 54.0 10. Shneider,Alexander 2528 6.5 36.5 52.5 11. Gutman,Lev 2461 6.5 35.0 51.5 12. Meinhardt,Maximil 2329 6.5 33.0 50.5 13. Kersten,Uwe 2318 6.5 33.0 49.0 14. Michalczak,Thomas 2376 6.5 33.0 47.5 15. Vogel,Jaap 2283 6.5 32.5 49.0 16. Braun,Arik 2463 6.0 38.5 55.5 17. Jobava,Baadur 2640 6.0 35.5 55.0 18. Meier,Georg 2372 6.0 35.0 53.5 19. Wells,Peter K. 2519 6.0 34.0 51.5 20. Koscielski,Janus 2360 6.0 33.0 52.5 21. Reschke,Stefan 2355 6.0 33.0 48.0 22. Sobolevski,Leonid 2354 6.0 33.0 46.0 23. Zozulia,Anna 2411 6.0 32.5 50.0 24. Zaragatski,Ilja 2344 6.0 32.0 48.0 25. Kasparova,Tatiana 2204 6.0 32.0 47.5 26. Lorscheid,Gerhard 2274 6.0 32.0 46.0 27. Stotyn,Fabian 2197 6.0 31.5 50.0 28. Burg,Twan 2099 6.0 30.5 47.5 29. Mietner,Wolfgang 2135 6.0 30.0 47.0 30. Gazic,Josip 2224 6.0 30.0 45.5 176 players
The IV Cerrado Internacional Escuela Kasparov-Marcote took place 6th-11th January 2005. Alejandro Hoffman won the event slightly ahead of Karen Movsziszian on tie-break both making 6.5/9. No games available.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezmarcote.com/2005/4cerrado/4cerrado.php
1-2 Hoffman, Alejandro ARG 2472 6.5 26.50 4 Movsziszian, Karen ARM 2455 6.5 25.50 4 3-4 Frois, Antonio POR 2349 6 26.25 3 Del Río, Gabriel ESP 2502 6 21.50 5 5 Pena Gomez, Manuel ESP 2250 4.5 16.00 3 6 Lariño Nieto, David ESP 2315 4 15.00 3 7-8 Rivera, Daniel URU 2336 3.5 15.50 2 Salgado López, Iván ESP 2278 3.5 14.00 1 9 Outerelo Ucha, Manuel ESP 2239 2.5 9.00 2 10 Peña, Alfredo COL 2217 2 8.25 1
3rd Parsvnath International Open Chess, New Delhi took place 3rd-10th Jan, 2005. Total players 283 from 12 countries. Krishnan Sasikiran edged out Abhijit Kunte on tie break after both finished on 9/11. No games available.
Further details: http://delhichess04.batcave.net and original inviation: http://www.delhichess.com/
3rd Parsvnath International Open 2005 Final Round 11 Standings 1 Sasikiran Krishnan, g IND 2657 9 57.5 2 Abhijit Kunte, g IND 2568 9 56.5 3 Enamul Hossain, m BAN 2434 8.5 55.0 S Satyapragyan, m IND 2376 8.5 55.0 5 Anton Filippov, m UZB 2483 8.5 54.0 6 Kayumov, Dmitry D, g UZB 2453 8.5 51.0 7 Ratnakaran. K., IND 2367 8.5 49.5 8 Deep Sengupta, IND 2400 8 54.0 9 R.R.Laxman, m IND 2377 8 53.0 10 Himanshu Sharma, IND 2377 8 51.0 11 Ramesh.R.B., g IND 2464 8 50.5 12 Alexander Fominyh, g RUS 2511 8 50.0 13 Saptarshi Roy, IND 2428 8 49.5 14 S Arun Prasad, f IND 2347 8 49.0 15 S Roy Chowdhury, m IND 2368 8 48.5 16 Prathamesh Mokal, m IND 2385 7.5 49.5 17 P.D.S. Girinath, IND 2404 7.5 48.5 V Saravanan, m IND 2327 7.5 48.5 Balasubramaniam.R., IND 2285 7.5 48.5 20 M.S. Thej Kumar, IND 2338 7.5 48.0 V Koshy, m IND 2334 7.5 48.0 Holmirzaev Bahodir, UZB 2161 7.5 48.0 23 Abhijeet Gupta, f IND 2372 7.5 47.5 24 Konguvel.P., m IND 2405 7.5 47.0 K. Ramu, IND 2279 7.5 47.0 26 Vishal Sareen, m IND 2387 7.5 46.5 Visweswaran. K, IND 2296 7.5 46.5 28 Jayant Gokhale, IND 2306 7.5 46.0 29 Suvarjit Saha, IND 2419 7.5 45.5 Vinod Bhagwat, IND 2257 7.5 45.5 31 Dibyendu Barua, g IND 2520 7.5 44.5 S Poobesh Anand, m IND 2365 7.5 44.5 33 Samakov Nurdin, KGZ 2179 7.5 40.5 34 D V Prasad, m IND 2359 7 48.0 275 players
The Open Norwegian Rapid Championship 2005 was played in Oslo on the 8th and 9th of January 2005. The tournament was held in memory of Haakon Opsahl, who represented both Canada and Norway in Chess Olympiads. 112 players participated, playing in three groups according to rating. News: Lars Torstein Bae.
Final standings in group A: 1. GM Simen Agdestein NOR 2586 10,5/11 2. GM Normunds Miezis LAT 2547 10,0 3. GM Leif Erlend Johannessen NOR 2516 9,5 4. FM Oystein Hole NOR 2343 6,5 5. Harald Borchgrevink NOR 2257 6,0 ...
Results and photos at the homepage of the organizing club SK 1911, http://home.online.no/~oheitun/hnm05.htm
The Tapolca Open took place 7th-15th January 2005. Gyorgy Keschitz won the event with 7.5/9.
Final Round 9 Standings Tapolca Varos Evadnyit Open 6th-15th January 2005 Budapest. 1. 15 Keschitz Gyorgy 7.5 48.0 38.50 40.5 2204 2499 +3.27 2. 1 Jakab Attila 7.0 52.5 39.50 35.0 2439 2412 -0.29 3. 18 Szakolczai Peter E 6.5 47.0 31.50 32.5 2199 2364 +2.00 2 Nemeth Zoltan 6.5 43.0 29.50 29.0 2375 2286 -0.79 5. 4 Lengyel Bela 6.0 52.0 32.25 32.5 2313 2324 +0.06 3 Horvath Andras 6.0 51.0 33.00 31.0 2330 2298 -0.39 11 Szell Lajos 6.0 51.0 31.75 35.5 2236 2293 +0.69 12 Szakall Tamas 6.0 50.5 31.50 36.0 2224 2338 +1.32 20 Prohaszka Peter E 6.0 50.0 32.50 33.5 2194 2359 +2.04 13 Juracsik Jozsef 6.0 48.5 30.25 30.0 2223 2307 +0.96 14 Fordan Tibor 6.0 46.5 28.50 31.0 2215 2313 +1.14 19 Piroska Istvan E 6.0 44.5 28.75 29.5 2198 2303 +1.23 23 Tornai Imre E 6.0 43.5 30.25 27.5 2189 2333 +1.44 6 Pasztor Ferenc 6.0 42.0 27.50 27.5 2290 2243 -0.57 24 Ladanyi Tibor E 6.0 41.0 24.00 27.5 2183 2282 +1.14 71 players
The Australian Open Chess Championships took place December 28th, 2004 to January 9th, 2005. Elena Sedina won the event. Games from the final two rounds are missing.
Website: http://www.mtbullerchess.com
Final Round 11 Standings: ----------------------------------------------- Lidums Australian Open Mount Buller AUS (AUS), 28 xii 2004 - 9 i 2005 ----------------------------------------------- 1 Sedina, Elena 8.5 52.5 74.5 62.5 2 Johansen, Darryl 8.0 51.0 80.0 66.0 3 Hecht, Hans Joachim 8.0 50.5 76.0 62.0 4 D'Amore, Carlo 8.0 50.0 75.5 61.5 5 Arlandi, Ennio 7.5 53.0 78.0 64.0 6 Kengis, Edvins 7.5 51.5 77.5 64.0 7 Dragicevic, Domagoj 7.5 44.5 72.0 58.5 8 Jordan, Bill 7.5 42.5 66.5 54.0 9 Pecori, Ascaro 7.5 42.0 62.5 51.5 10 Bjelobrk, Igor 7.0 49.0 77.5 64.5 11 Guthrie, Aaron 7.0 45.0 73.0 60.0 12 Smerdon, David 7.0 44.5 69.0 57.0 13 Rej, Tomek 7.0 43.0 68.5 56.0 14 Song, Raymond 7.0 42.0 67.0 55.5 15 Xie, George 6.5 46.0 74.0 61.5 16 Humphrey, Jonathan 6.5 42.5 72.5 59.0 17 Wei, Michael 6.5 41.5 63.5 51.0 18 Sonter, Matthew 6.5 39.0 63.5 51.5 19 Jackson, Ralph 6.5 38.5 63.5 50.5 20 Obst, James 6.5 38.0 66.0 54.5 21 Wongwichit, Phachara 6.5 37.0 65.5 54.0 22 Stojic, Dusan 6.5 34.5 60.5 48.5 75 players
Victor Frias 10th February 1956 - 16th January 2005. Its being reported that Chilian IM Victor Frias died in New York on 16th January 2005. Frias played a lot in the US throughout his career and even in the US Championships. Amongst his better results was the 3rd= place he achieved in the Bermuda A tournament of 1995. He seemed to have stopped playing competitive chess in 1998 apart from appearances in the US amateur team East event the last of which he played in early in 1994.
There has been no movement since the granting of a Visa to Bobby Fischer by the Icelandic Government. Bobby Fischer has now been held in detention in Ushiku, the immigration lock-up in Japan, for almost six months. News from Einar S. Einarsson.
15 Janury 2005 A status report from RJF Committee - Iceland - http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/fischerupdate.html
Yannick Pelletier reports on the ACP Tour - Period January 2005. The ACP Tour season 2004-2005 is now half-way through. Many tournaments have been taken into account recently as we witnessed a very busy period around New Year. Viswanathan Anand is still comfortably leading the standings with 1010 points ahead of Vladimir Kramnik (720) and Alexander Morozevich (610). Thanks to his tournament victories in Ashdod and Pamplona Boris Gelfand jumped to fourth place with a total of 556 points. One should note the appearance of Sergey Karjakin and Boris Avrukh among the qualifying spots. The young Ukrainian star raised his score by 216 points thanks to a solid second place in Pamplona, while Boris Avrukh shared 1st place in Ashdod. However, as you can check on ACP's website at http://www.chess-players.org/eng/tour/standings.html , all players are very close to each other from place 7 on. An exciting month lies ahead of us with two top events coming up - the Corus CT in Wijk aan Zee and the Bermuda Invitational Tournament - as well as the strong open Third Gibtele.com Chess Festival in Gibraltar. Changes in the standings are likely to happen!
The Professional World Chess Ranking for players rated 2500 and higher for January 2005 has been released and incorporates the FIDE Olympiad. Below is the top 50. Produced by Ken Thomson, San Jose and calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow.
NN Name Birthday Country Rating Variance 1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2745 146 2 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2740 137 3 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2715 171 4 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2714 153 5 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2695 131 6 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2690 161 7 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2685 125 8 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2680 130 9 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2680 150 10 Gelfand,Boris 24.06.1968 ISR 2665 137 11 Kasimdzhanov,Rustam 05.12.1979 UZB 2653 169 12 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2648 159 13 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2646 164 14 Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter 01.08.1976 ROM 2645 142 15 Ivanchuk,Vassily 18.03.1969 UKR 2644 164 16 Vallejo Pons,Francisco 21.08.1982 ESP 2643 166 17 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2642 170 18 Sokolov,Ivan 13.06.1968 NED 2640 162 19 Dreev,Alexey 30.01.1969 RUS 2639 147 20 Aronian,Levon 06.10.1982 ARM 2636 142 21 Akopian,Vladimir 07.12.1971 ARM 2635 157 22 Bacrot,Etienne 22.01.1983 FRA 2632 153 23 Gurevich,Mikhail 22.02.1959 BEL 2631 137 24 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2630 183 25 Lautier,Joel 12.04.1973 FRA 2628 142 26 Azmaiparashvili,Zurab 16.03.1960 GEO 2627 174 27 Georgiev,Kiril 28.11.1965 BUL 2622 159 28 Dominguez,Lenier 23.09.1983 CUB 2621 164 29 Karpov,Anatoli 23.05.1951 RUS 2620 137 30 Rublevsky,Sergei 15.10.1974 RUS 2620 182 31 Van Wely,Loek 07.10.1972 NED 2619 155 32 Sakaev,Konstantin 13.04.1974 RUS 2619 161 33 Radjabov,Teimour 12.03.1987 AZE 2617 136 34 Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar 12.04.1985 AZE 2615 147 35 Motylev,Alexander 17.06.1979 RUS 2613 186 36 Volokitin,Andrei 11.06.1986 UKR 2610 157 37 Smirnov,Pavel 27.04.1982 RUS 2605 180 38 Hansen,Curt 18.09.1964 DEN 2604 161 39 Movsesian,Sergei 03.11.1978 SVK 2603 146 40 Nielsen,Peter-Heine 24.05.1973 DEN 2602 160 41 Short,Nigel D 01.06.1965 ENG 2601 178 42 Sutovsky,Emil 19.09.1977 ISR 2600 181 43 Nikolic,Predrag 11.09.1960 BIH 2598 169 44 Onischuk,Alexander 03.09.1975 USA 2597 173 45 Bologan,Viorel 14.12.1971 MDA 2595 177 46 Graf-Nenashev,Alexander 25.08.1962 GER 2594 182 47 Navara,David 27.03.1985 CZE 2593 183 48 Nakamura,Hikaru 09.12.1987 USA 2591 198 49 Krasenkow,Mikhail 14.11.1963 POL 2590 169 50 Filippov,Valerij 28.11.1975 RUS 2587 166
The 6th Karpov tournament in Poikovsky, Russia takes place 26th February - 7th March 2005. Players: Peter Svidler, Etienne Bacrot (still considering entry), Alexander Grischuk, Alexey Dreev, Viktor Bologan, Rafael Vaganian, Lenier Domingues, Alexander Onischuk, Sergey Rublevsky + more). Average XVIII category. Further information soon.
Further details: http://www.chesspro.ru/events/poikovsky05.shtml
The Gibtele.com Masters International takes place 25th January - 3rd February 2005. Many sections for different strengths of player. First prize £4000, total for the whole event £20,5000.
Leading entries so far: Alexei Shirov, Alexey Dreev, Lev Aronian, Emil Sutovsky, Krishnan Sasikiran, Kiril Georgiev, Pavel Tregubov, Hikaru Nakamura, Gabriel Sargissian, Zahar Efimenko, Ian Rogers, Kevin Spraggett, Vassilios Kotronias, Evgenij Agrest, Alexander Areshchenko, Petr Kiriakov, Hicham Hamdouchi, Jon Speelman, Peter Wells, Gabrielle Del Rio, Nicholas Pert, Pascal Charbonneau, Simon Williams, Chris Ward and Pia Cramling
Full details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
The Brunei Open takes place 14th Jan to 19th Jan 2005.
Official site: http://www.bruneichess.org.bn/
The 4th Aeroflot Chess festival takes place in Hotel Rossija in Moscow, 14th (arrival day) - 24th February 2005 (departure day).
There are 4 tournaments: Tournament A1 for players rated 2550 and higher, tournament A2 for players rated 2400 and higher, but lower than 2550, tournament B for players rated 2200 and higher, but lower than 2400 and tournament C for players rated under 2200 and unrated players. The organising committee has in special cases the right to permit a player to participate in a higher group than indicated by his rating.
The tournaments are 9 rounds Swiss tournaments. The total prize fund is $175.000.
The organising committee offers packages for Aeroflot tickets, hotel and entry fee. The Aeroflot packages prices are published on the website of the festival.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com
For more information it is possible to contact the Association of Chess Federations in Moscow: Tel/Fax: +7-095-2918578 or E-mail: chess@sovintel.ru
AJEC (French CC Association) with the help of Med Samraoui (ICCF Zonal Director for Asia and Africa) are organising a match "AJEC/Asia vs. Rest of the World". The pairings will be done according to the native country of the entrant players. The main rules of this match are as follows:
1. Med Samraoui msamraoui@iccf.com will be the TD of the match. He will collect entries from Asian players and Rest of the World Players. Med will be helped by Jean Marc Refalo from France jm.refalo@ajec-echecs.org to collect the entries from French players.
2. The games will be played on the ICCF webserver www.iccf-webchess.com with the last rules adopted in Mumbai Congress.
3. The entry fee is 8 euros. Generous donors can give more. All the money will be given to a charity organisation. You can send the payment to your national federation. Please find out your National Delegate at http://www.iccf.com/nations/start_01.shtml
National delegates will send entries to Mr. Samraoui.
4. Everybody can participate in this match which will begin on February 15th.
5. To have more details and to subscribe please feel free to contact Med Samraoui or Jean Michel Refalo.
The Sozina 2005 tournament takes place in Bar a city on the Montenegro coast 4th-12th March 2005. Prize fund is EUR 10.000, and organizer guaranty possibility of getting norms for international titles. Also, special conditions are provide for the grandmasters. Further details contact: sozina2005@yahoo.com
Further details; http://www.scgchess.org/
The Azura Chess Open International Rapid Chess Tournament also Belgian Rapid Chess Championship 2005 Brussels Rapid Chess Championship 2005 takes place Saturday-Sunday 23rd-24th April 2005 (11 rounds ~ 25 minutes games) Tournament for players with more than 2000 elo.
Playing venue: Palais du Midi rue van der Weyden 3 1000 Brussels Entry fee : IGM and IM free Others 25 euro Junior 15 euro
Registration: Registration only by e-mail. No registration at the venue. bennyasman@skynet.be Send payment to 210-0937331-72 with your name and elo rating as message
Details: http://www.creb.be/
There are three events in the Fajr Chess Festival
I- 13th Fajr International Open Tournament, 27Jan. - 1st Feb. 2005 take Place in Tehran, 9 round Swiss, FIDE standard time control (90 Min.+ 30 Sec./Move), with 10000$ prize money.
II- 3rd Fajr International Youth tournament, under 10,12&14 years old Categories, 2-6 Feb. 2005 take place in Tehran, 9 round Swiss, Fide Standard time control (90 Min. + 30 Sec./Mov.) with 3000$ prize money.
III- 2nd Kish GM tournament, 2-10 Feb. 2005 take place in Kish Island, 12 Players Round Robin tournament, FIDE standard time control (90 Min. + 30 Sec./Mov.)
Further details: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.html
The 2nd GM and IM tournaments in Evry takes place 21st-27th February 2005.
Official site: http://www.evry-grandroque.com
The 21st Cappelle la Grande Open takes place 12th-19th February 2005.
Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com
The Moscow Open 2005 takes place 23rd February - 3rd March 2005 in the Central Chess House, Gogolevsky Boulevard 14. The Moscow Chess Federation organises this 9 round event with a time control of 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1.
Contacts - Moscow Chess Federation: phone/fax: (+7)-095-250044. E-mail: mcf05@mail.ru
Detailed information: http://www.chessplayers.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=242
The HB Foundation has posted $500,000 prize fund for the HB Global Chess Challenge, a Maurice Ashley-led event expects to bring more than 4,000 participants to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The event takes place May 18th-22nd 2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. First place in the Open section has a cash prize of $50,000, and that overall more than 50 others will receive cash prizes. Many other side events. There is an extension to the discount period for signing up for the event.
Official sites: http://www.hbfoundation.org and http://www.generationchess.com
The Stepichev Memorial took place in Kiev 21st-29th of December 2004.
Futher information: http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/turnir/t037.html
The 16th Pobeskydi Chess Tournament takes place 24th-28th March 2005 in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. There will be at least two tournaments. Round-robin with possibility to achieve IM and WGM norm and FIDE Open.
For futher details: http://www.chessfm.cz
The 7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament has been rescheduled (due to the Tsunami) and now takes place 4th-14th April 2005 in the Conference-Room of the National Sports Council 62/3 Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000. Organised by the Bangladesh Chess Federation. 11 round Swiss System with around 40. Total Prize Money US $5000.00 Accommodation & Food : Free for all GMs & IMs, only accommodation 2350+ Appearance Money : GM 2500+ US $ 500.00. Contact: Syed Shujauddin Ahmed, General Secretary Bangladesh Chess Federation, 2nd Floor, 62/3 Purana Paltan, Dhaka-1000, Fax + Phone: 88 (02) 7169336 , E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com
The 6th annual Millennium Chess Festival takes place February 25th-27th 2005, at the Ramada Plaza Oceanfront Resort in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. The event, with over $18,000 in total prizes, is sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton and is presented by Beach Events and the city of Virginia Beach. It is a 5-round swiss, FIDE rated.
Comps available: GMs/WGMs/IMs: free entry fee. GMs/WGMs: free hotel accommodations if you commit to come by February 10, 2005. Contact eschlich@aol.com for details.
Special events include: Lecture by Susan Polgar on Fischer-Random Chess (Chess 960), Fischer-Random Blitz Chess Tournament, Nakamura vs Susan Polgar ³Dinner/Exhibition Match²
Further information: http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival
New U.S. Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura and GM Susan Polgar have agreed to play a unique ³GM Dinner/Exhibition Match² game during the Millennium Chess Festival on February 26, 2005, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
The unusual exhibition game features two grandmasters playing each other from separate rooms before a live audience with moves relayed by radio. As they play, using demo boards, the GMs explain for the audience what they are thinking about and why they are choosing certain options. This year¹s exhibition is the fourth in a popular annual series at the Millennium Chess Festival. Previous participants were Nakamura - Fedorowicz (2004), Shabalov - Fedorowicz (2003), and Stripunsky - Rohde (2002). The Millennium Chess Festival (Feb 25-27) is sponsored by the consulting firm of Booz Allen Hamilton and is presented by Beach Events and the city of Virginia Beach.
Further information: http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival
The 14th Aurec Open takes place 19th-20th February 2005. Two rapid tournaments (9 r / 20 mn) Total prize fund : Euro 5,000 Further details: aurec2005@tiscali.fr
The 12th Echternach International Open takes place 25th-26th June 2005. Seniors should also note the following dates: 2nd Open (rapid chess) for young seniors (aged 50 and above) 13th-14th August 2005. 5th Open-seniors (aged 60 and above) 15th-21st August 2005.
Further info: http://www.desprenger-echternach.lu/
There are 7 places left for the Open A (actually Semi-closed for IMs and GMs) event taking place 19th-26th March 2005.
Further info: http://www.drazic.co.yu or more specifically http://www.drazic.co.yu/t_2005_03_19-26_info.html
1 gm Lalic Bogdan ENG 2 gm Kosanovic Goran SCG 3 gm Drazic Sinisa SCG 4 gm Fontaine Robert FRA 5 gm Lazic Miroljub SCG 6 gm Savic M .R. SCG 7 im Colovic A. MAC 8 Franchini Gabriele ITA 9 Barilaro Luca ITA 10 im Pilgaard Kim DEN 11 Lundin Jan SWE 12 fm Kokeza Mirko SCG 13 fm Guadalpi D. FRA 14 fm Stupavski Z. SCG 15 im Popovic D. SCG 16 fm Juergen Brustkern GER 17 im Pap Misa SCG 18 im Marzolo Cyril FRA 19 Craig Young ENG 20 im Tratar M. SLO 21 im Sebenik M. SLO 22 fm Dumpor A BIH 23 gm Kovacevic A. SCG 24 im Laketic Gojko SCG 25 im Kostic Vlada SCG 7 places left
The Oceania 2005 FIDE Zonal qualifier takes place January 30th - February 4th 2005 in Auckland, New Zealand
Official site: http://www.globalchessenterprises.co.nz/
According to Spanish Teletext Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Michael Adams, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Rustam Kasimdzhanov will be the 7 players at this year's event. The event takes place 22nd February - 10th March 2005.
Last year Marca had the official website: http://www.marca.com/linares/
ELO Listing: No. Name t NAT ja05 1 Kasparov, Garry................. g RUS 2804 2 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2786 3 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2757 5 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2749 7 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2741 18 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2686 25 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2678 Average Rating 2743 Category 20
Leonid Galperin sends a calendar of planned events in Alushta, Ukraine 2005.
GM Norm events: 12.05 - 22.05 24.05 - 4.06 17.06-27.06. 1.09-11.09 25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 IM Norm events 12.05 - 22.05 24.05 -4.06 17.06-27.06. 1.09-11.09 25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 Rating tournament 5.06 - 13.06 Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200 $ 14.06 - 22.06 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 28.06 12.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 29 - 30.06 13-14.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize 1000 $ First prize (woman) 500$ 2.07-10.07 15.09-23.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 5.06-14.06 25.09-4.10 Alushta Individual and group studying
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38 (06560)5-05-32 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
The 5th Chess Grand Prix of Bordeaux takes place 28th April - 1st May 2005. In addition the 2nd Chess Grand Prix in d'Aix en Provence takes place in December 2005.
Details: http://www.grandprixdeparis.com/BA2005.html
31st Dec 2004 saw the start of the first Grandmaster tournament on the ICCF Webserver. The tournament is the "Harald Malmgren 100 years". The occasion is to commemorate the 100:d birthday of Harald Malmgren, Tierp in Sweden. Malmgren was runner up after Cecil Purdy in ICCF's first World Championship and earned his GM title in the event. Malmgren passed away in 1957. In his career he was also second in IFSB Championship 1939 and won the Swedish CC Championship in 1942. Malmgren was a true chess enthusiast and issued a book in 1953 "Mina bästa partier" (My best games) with only CC games he had played.
There are 13 participants and you will be able to follow the results on http://www.schack.se/SSKK/palview/res/malmgren.htm and as soon as about 10 moves are made in every game, SSKK will open a page for "live" games. That is games according to the ICCF CoC regulations for live games. The Category of the event is 10 which means that all norms are available.The tournament has two sponsors, Schackakademin and Svenska Schackbutiken AB.
The players are: IM Jan Bennborn, Sweden, IM Sture Olsson, Sweden, IM Rune Bergquist, Norway, IM Ervin Liebert, Estonia, IM Taisto Koskela, Finland, IM Leif Åhman, Sweden, SIM Jón A Pálsson, Iceland, SIM Josef Mrkvicka, Czech Rep, GM Matthias Rüfenacht; Switzerland, IM Gary S Benson, Australia, SIM John Pugh, England, Phillippe Chopin, France and Mads Smith Hansen, Denmark. The withdrawing ICCF President keeps playing CC and starts this event on his very last day in office.
Tomas Carnstam, Jonas Dahlgren, Robert Ericsson, Sebastian Nilsson and Per Söderberg wedish Correspondence Chess Federation (SSKK) Board members.
The European Individual Women's Chess Championship takes place in Chisinau, Moldova 10th-25th June 2005. Organisers Chess Federation of Moldova Sciusev Street, 111 2004, Chisinau Tel.: 00373-22-565451 Fax.: 00373-22-565451 or 210707 E-Mail: fskrip@company.md
Details on http://www.eurochess.org. Official site for the event http://eiwcc2005.chisinau.md/
The Games Festival is is organised for the first time in Greece and takes place from 21st-29th of April 2005 at the Porto - Carras Grand Resort, in Chalkidiki in Greece.
Tennis, chess, golf, biliards, bridge, famous athletes, world champions will be present in Porto Carras. The festival includes a series of tournaments, competitions, seminars and exhibitions in sports and the most popular entertaining games.
The chess events are the 2nd International Open Chess Tournament "Porto Carras 2005" and the 1st World School Chess Championship. More specifically, the Open Tournament will be held 22nd-28th April 2005 at the Porto Carras Grand Rresort with open participation, 9 rounds swiss system and time control 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move, according to the official announcement of the Greek Chess Club "A.M.O. Galaxias". Total prizes: 6.500 EURO. For more information visit http://www.gamesfestival.com or contact info@gamesfestival.com & GrivasEfs@netonline.gr
The 1st World School Championship for school chess champions in categories Under 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16, will be held 21st-29th April 2005 at the Porto Carras Grand Resort. Organizers of this great event are the World Chess Federation (FIDE), the International School Chess Union, the Greek Chess Federation, the Chess Club "Galaxias" of Thessaloniki and the Hotel Complex of "Porto Carras Grand Resort".
The Bermuda Invitational will be held 30th January - 9th February 2005 with the traditional Open following - 10th Feb: Opening Party and Blitz; 11th to 13th, 5 round Open followed by Closing Party. The Invitational will be the strongest yet - Dominguez, Gelfand, Harikrishna, Macieja, Vescovi & Volokitin (exp. 2656 Elo) and several of the invitees have confirmed that they will play in the Open.
Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
38th Biel International Chess Festival Dates: 16th-29th July 2005 with, in particular: - the Grandmaster tournament (17th-27th July 2005) - the Accentus Ladies Tournament 17th-27th July 2005) - the active chess tournament (16th and 17th July 2005) - the Master Open (18th-29th July 2005, last round in the morning) - the General Open (20th-29th July 2005, last round in the morning) - the Blitz tournament (23th July 2005)
Further details: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
The 3rd Nancy (France) International Festival sees several round-robins tournaments (9 rounds / fischer 2 hours per players + 30 sec) by elo which take place 14th-20th February 2005.
Group A will be category 10 with : Bauer 2622 Istratescu 2611 Nijboer 2567 Tirard 2461 Marzolo 2437 Rocha 2431 Wirig 2408 Nezar 2375 Philippe 2371. (one im more than 2520 elo non-FRA-code can contact philippe.chr@free.fr).
Details in french/english/german on http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr/festival.html
5th Asian Individual Championship
The 5th Asian Individual Chess Championship 2005 takes place in Cochin, Total Prize Fund : US$33000. The event has been postponed until 21st-31st March 2005 due to the recent Tsunami disaster. Organiser : P.T. Ummer Koya , koya@chessindia.org ; aicf@chessindia.org Website: http://www.chessindia.org
Commonwealth Championships
The Commonwealth Chess Championships for Men, Women, Boys & Girls incorporating An International Open Chess Tournament TOtal Prize Fund: US$12000 ARRIVAL : 27/02/2005 CLOSING : 09/03/2005 Organiser : Rajastan State Chess Association Contact : aicf@chessindia.org ; slharsh2000@yahoo.co.uk Website: http://www.chessindia.org
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's International Open
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's International Open Chess Tournament, Raipur Total Prize Fund : Us$12000 Arrival : 10/03/2005 Closing : 20/03/2005 Organiser : Hotel Babylon, Vip Road, Raipur, India. Contact : aicf@chessindia.org ; vkrathi_aicf@rediffmail.com Website : Website: http://www.chessindia.org
The ICCF World Champion Tunc Hamarat (AUT) who has never lost a single game with White, has challenged the "Rest of the World" to a friendly 2-game match. He will have White in both games. The games (one will start with 1.e4 and one with 1.d4) will be played on the ICCF Webserver and started on 10th February 2005 with the rule "10 moves/70 days".
The players on the "Rest of the World" team will vote on each move. The move receiving the most votes will be selected. Should 2 or more moves receive the same number of votes, the "Rest of the World" will be given 2 more voting days to decide between the tied moves. Participation in this event is open to all players who pay an entry fee of 5 EUR or $7.00 US dollars via their National CC Federation or the ICCF Direct Entry (DE) option. All fees collected will be transferred to the ICCF Development Fund. The money will be used primarily for development and system support of the ICCF WebChess Server. It will be possible to join the "Rest of the World" team at any stage of the game.
The games may be seen "live" by all players and other observers at http://www.iccf-webchess.com
Each player who voted for the selected move will receive 1 point per move. The player(s) with the most points at the end of the games will receive an ICCF Gold Book. The list of all entrants will be published on the ICCF webpage.
21st INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN - CAPPELLE LA GRANDE - FRANCE 12th-19th February 2005. 9 Round Accelerated Swiss System Tournament, registered with FIDE Rate of play : 2 hours for 40 moves followed by a one hour quickplay finish. Playing hall : COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROGER GOUVART IGM's INVITATIONS - Possibility of norms. Prizes (minimum 600 players) :The 1st prize is :3000 euros The 2nd prize is 1500 euros and 3 to 10: 1000 euros. Registration by templeurjcs@club-internet.fr
Further details: http://www.cappelle-chess.com
1. 5th-18th of February 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org.NL.
2. 5th-18th of March 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org. : NL,
3. 18th- 26th of March, "SPRING FESTIVAL" 9 rounds Swiss Open, Budapest, Org.: NL
4. 2nd-15th of April , FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL:
5. 7th-19th of May, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, org.: NL
6. 20th-28th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, (250 km West from Budapest), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, phone: +(36)-20-9777003
7. 21st-31st of May, ELEKES Memorial, GM-IM closed, Budapest, org.IM Zsinka, phone: +(36)-20-921-91-97
8. 4th-16th of June, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, Org: NL
9. 18th-26th of June, BALATONLELLE Open + GM-IM closed, 120 km West from Budapest, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu
10. 2nd-14th of July, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org. NL.
11. 23rd- 31st of July, Agria Open /EGER, 100 km North-East from Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
12. 6th-18th of August, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest org.:NL
The Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship takes place on February 5th 2005 in the Mercure Hotel Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 17 double rounds with 5 minutes per player per game, Swiss system in one group. Prizefund Euro 8.500. First Euro 1.750, Second Euro 1.250, third Euro 1.000. Also several grading prizes. Contact: info@blitzchess.nl
Further details: http://www.blitzchess.nl
All players from Africa and Asia (including Japan , Hong-Kong, Singapore, New Zealand , Australia, Turkey, ...) may apply for the 8th Afro-Asian Correspondence championship (Zonal Championship) . The preliminary stage will start on 15.01.2005 and will be played by ICCF webserver .There is no entry fees required .The number of sections will depend upon the entries number . The application should be sent to : msamraoui@iccf.com not late than 31.12.2004. (supplied by the ICCF zonal director Med Samraoui)
ICCF website is http://www.iccf.com and for ICCFwebchess http://www.iccf-webchess.com
4th International Chess Festivals Series
14th-21st January 2005 4th OPEN PRAHA (2 FIDE opens, one of them with IM norm)
22nd-30th January 2005 4th OPEN MARIANSKE LAZNE (FIDE open and 1-2 closed IM tournaments)
More details e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz and http:/www.czechtour.net
Frank Quisinsky has updated his computer chess calendar. Recent events include: Dutch-Open 2004, Diep won France-ch 2004, ChessTiger won Polish-ch 2004, Rzeznik won Australasian NCC-ch 2004, Warp won
Address: http://www.playwitharena.com the CC-Calendar is a selection of Arena Chess GUI webpage
CC-Calendar: http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm
The 29th Kings Head Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 12th March 2005, 6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund £650, entry fee £17 > The Porchester Hall Porchester Road Bayswater London W2
Contact: Colin Mackenzie 9 Allan Way Acton London W3 0PW 020 8992 1949 colin.mackenzie@atosorigin.com
Further details: http://www.khcc.org.uk
The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.
Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19
The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year (1st-8th January 2005.). New event is European ITAG Masters & Rapid Championship will be 1-2.1.2005. 11 Round, 30 minutes each, guarantee prizes. Prizes: 2500/2000/1500/1000/800/700/600/500/ 2x400/2x300/4x250/4x200 CHF; Special prizes: 400/300/200 CHF for Ladys, seniors (1945), juniors (1985 and younger), amateur under 2200 (FIDE or national), under 1800. Enter fee 30.00 CHF Hilton Open (2-8.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60 minutes for complete the game. Prizes: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF. Special prizes 200 CHF for best Lady, Senior (1945), junior (1985-88), schoolboy (1989). Enter fee: 130 CHF (FM and juniors 60 CHF) GM & IM free. At the door 10 CHF. Basle amateur (2-8.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes 30 moves + 30 minutes to complete the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or national). Enter fee: 10 CHF (juniors 50 CHF). At the door 10 CHF. Prizes: 500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF. Basle juniors (2.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes for the game. Juniors 1985 and younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all players. NSV Senior Open (1-4.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes for 30 moves + 30 minutes for complete the game) Seniors 1945. Prizes: 400/300/200 CHF + natural prizes. Enter fee: 60 CHF. At the door 10 CHF. ITAG - Tele-Rapid (3-5.1.2005.) European Rapid Champion, Andrei Sokolov, last year winner and two others. 15 minutes for the game. All games will be on TV Tele-Basel in live. BaZ Lighting Chess (8.1.2005. from 19.00 to 22.00) 9 Rounds, 5 minutes. Enter fee: 20 CHF (juniors 5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF natural prizes for everybody 50% and more points. ITAG Simultan (9.1.2005.) with European Rapid Champion 2005
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further information: http://www.beochess.ch
The Jersey International Chess Festival takes place 13th-19th February 2005 inclusive. 7 rounds, three sections; OPEN (FIDE rated), MAJOR Under 160 / 1880 ELO and MINOR Under 130 / 1640 ELO. There is a total of £7,000 in prizes and is part of the British Chess Federation Grand Prix.
Details: http://www.geocities.com/adamraoof/jersey.htm
The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64 boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop van Oosterom
http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm
The 2005 European Union Championship whic his part of the programme of events celebrating Cork City's status as European Capital of Culture for 2005. The event takes place 21st March - 3rd April 2005 in the Ballroom Suite Gresham Metropole Hotel MacCurtain Street Cork Ireland. Prize Fund - 7,750 Euros. A FIDE rated ten round Swiss Open for players registered with FIDE as a player in the European Union or a citizen of a European Union member state 1st prize 2,000 Euros plus numerous place prizes and other awards including a British Championship Qualifying Place.
In addition the 13th Annual Cork Congress takes place 1st-3rd April 2005 with a Prize Fund 5,000 Euros an ICU rated six round Swiss with three rated sections. 1st prize 750 Euros plus numerous place prizes and other awards
Full details, special offers to a limited number of IMs and GMs and entry forms are available from Michael Burniston Tournament Director Ladybird House Glengarriff County Cork Ireland. phone 00 353 27 63113 e mail jemcreations@eircom.net
Website: http://www.corkchess.com
With the Linares tournament about to start it seems a good time to launch a new discussion forum. Vote on your prediction of the winner of Linares. The TWIC message board. You need to register to post and vote. Address: http://www.chesscenter.com/messageboard
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/